I'm Thankful for Flys

Isn't he the cutest fly you've ever seen? Brooks had to pick an insect to find facts about and to attend Mrs. Spider's Tea Party. This is the end result. Brooks is 6 years old and in 1st grade. He's a very intelligent boy who loves to read and to play lacrosse. He's my unique child. He definitely follows the beat of a different drummer. I love you Brooks!

Thankfulness

Today, I am thankful for my husband's football team. I know that sounds crazy but the boys are awesome. Sometimes I could do without the parents but the boys are great. Bill and his team won the Doc Martin Sportsmanship Award. They were nominated by teams they had played throughout the season. It was awesome to watch them accept their award. So I am thankful that the time and effort that Bill has put into this team has come back in a great way. A life long lesson that the boys will take with them, sportsmanship. How to get along with others and deal with things that you'd rather not. These boys have gotten a seed planted in them. I hope someday that the seed will blossom for each boy. How are you thankful today?

Thanksgiving

I was reading another blog this morning about the things she was thankful for. She gave a challenge for others and I'm accepting it. I want to NOT rush this holiday season. I want to make sure my children know what and how to be thankful, even for the small things. So today I begin my once a day blog on things that my family are thankful for. Please accept my challenge to you and let me know or tell others of your blessings.

Today, I am thankful for my husband. Sometimes it's easy to forget all their needs and desires because we go through day to day life just "getting through". So I'm thankful for all the things he does day to day. He is the sole provider for our family. He works very hard making sure we have everything we need and lots of things we want (and there's a lot of us :)) He is a very smart guy. I'm thankful that he's full of common sense and and is able to think things through to the tiniest detail. He's a great dad! Thanks for working so hard for all of us. I love you.

10 Things You May Not Know About Me

This is for Jessica (my sweet sister in law):

1. I am older than Bill.
2. I have a degree in Social Work with a minor in Psychology.
3. I have never worked in my "field".
4. I want to dance. (But I have no and I mean no rhythm.)
5. I love bananas but not banana tasting things. i.e. runts, candy (YUCK!)
6. My parents live with me.
7. I have two older brothers.
8. I tried out for a woman's football league right after Brooks was born. I even made the team.
9. I can play the clarinet.
10. I've been on the Oprah show.

A Visit From Wyoming

I haven't been so good in the blogging world lately. Here's a picture of Bill's grandparents when they came to visit this summer. It had been awhile since Bill had seen them. They had never met our adopted girls and the the three younger biological kids were too young to remember them. It was great to see them.

Kids

I just wanted to let everyone know that we're still alive and very busy. Sports and school dictate our life right now. Bill is coaching William's football team. They're both having a great time and learning lots. Brooks is playing lacrosse. He is definately aggressive! Afton is playing softball and her time has gotten lots better. She plays 10u now and she's the youngest one on her team at 8 years old. Patience is in the pep band. They get to play at the JV games and will get to play for basketball this winter. Kolu spend most of her time growing. She is sooo tall! Everyone comments on how tall she's getting. Zinnah is a social butterfly (surprise, surprise). Working on school is a full time job. Last bus not least is Cruz. He's in kindergarten and doing very well. We wern't sure how he would do but he fits in. He has lots of (girl) friends that keep him in line. They tie his shoes and make sure he gets where he needs to be.

Emergency Room Visit For Cruz

We haven't had to visit the emergency room at all for hurt children, although there were a couple of split heads that probably would have warranted stitches but Bill's great with butterfly bandages:) On Sunday night we put the kids to bed and not even 10 minutes later Brooks came running out yelling "Cruz is hurt bad!" I went to check on him and he had his hand over his mouth crying. When I had him open his mouth I knew there must be teeth missing. He had blood, lots of blood. You know the thick dark red kind that oozes instead of just being there? After assessing the situation, Bill & I decided it was best to go to the emergency room. After waiting for an hour and the Dr. looking at it, it was determined that he had ripped his lip completely up so that there was a hole in the area where his nasal passage was. The Dr. determined that he wouldn't put stitches in because it would probably cause more problems than fix them by trapping bacteria in it. Your upper lip lies down and is tight so he thought that it would probably heal o.k. After looking at it tonight it looks pretty good. It's definitely bruised inside and his lip is still slightly swollen but not bad like I thought it would. Kids are incredible.

I never told you the reason for the bleeding, suffice it to say that his 2 older brothers were involved:)

Boy I love them